How to...depot eyeshadows and arrange them in a clutch purse!

It sounds weird right?  But it totally works and looks pretty damn cool!

I came across Winnie's blog when I was madly searching the web for some swatches and noticed a blog post about depotting eyeshadows.  Now I know how to depot eyeshadows from the millions of videos I've watched previously but never thought to depot them into a clutch.  Hello OCD in me coming out and marvelling at this genius idea.

All credit goes to Winnie for inspiring me to march to the nearest Valleygirl and buy a cheap clutch the next day to cut up and stick eyeshadows in all Tuesday evening.  For more info on how I did this, keep on reading!

I'm being extremely cheap so me paying $15 for a clutch that I will cut up is a bit much for me to handle, but luckily when the girl scanned it it was only ten dolla!  Ten dolla!  That extra $5 off made me feel a lot better about things.  It's a sleek thin little clutch which is completely useless when going out - I mean how am I meant to fit my iPhone in there?  My life revolves around my iPhone!

I get a knife and cut out the insides, you can attempt to use scissors but it's a lost cause.  A sharp knife from the kitchen is better.

Then I grab all my loose shadows palettes and grab my GHD to melt the glue and get a small thin sharp item to pop the shadows out.

To melt the glue properly and not burn half your hand, alway use paper towel as a barrier between the shadow and the iron and swiftly place it on top of the plate.  NEVER WALK AWAY WHILE IT'S HEATING UP THE BOTTOM.

Unfortunately, one suffered collateral damage and had to be discarded.  Bye NYX shadow!  If only you were easier to depot we wouldn't have this problem!

Once the glue has melted and you popped the shadow out, there will be yucky glue residue underneath.  You can either clean this up with rubbing alcohol, or remove with your fingers, or leave it and add some super glue and stick it in the clutch.  I attempted all 3 til I gave up and just followed the last 2 options.

Then arrange the shadows accordingly to fit.  I started off with some sort of gradient, then when I depotted the NYX palette of grey shades, any gradient just went out the window.

But whatevs, IT'S DONE!

And here's what I threw out...

How bent did the NYX shadow palette get???

Notes:

• Superglue was a lot easier to work with because it's guaranteed to stick. 
• Wet n Wild shadows were the next to be difficult to depot and nearly cracked due to the pressure, the shadow pans in those palettes are damn flimsy!
• Don't go nuts and spray alcohol on the shadows to press them back together AND THEN place them on a hot iron.  Nothing happened when I did it because I stopped myself in time but alcohol IS flammable.  

**Really sorry but for some reason my photos turned out really grainy! :(